SEOUL - The new European players, who will start in the PBA league from next season, have also been given team contracts. Dani Sánchez makes his debut in the SY team, where young Korean girl Jieun Han has also been committed. Semih Sayginer will play in Huons' team, which includes Sung-won Choi and Javier Palazón. Murat Naci Coklu will play for Hana Card with Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, Ga-young Kim and Ayako Sakai. Greek Filippos Kasidokostas is not assigned to any of the nine teams. Robinson Morales, who was announced in the PBA lists, has decided not to leave the UMB competitions.
The team league will start in August with nine teams. The most appealing teams are Welcome Savings Bank (Frédéric Caudron, Birol Uymaz, Natsumi Higashiuchi), Blue One Resort (David Zapata, Sruong Pheavy, Can Capak, Min-gu Kang), Hana Card (Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, Murat Naci Coklu, Ga-young Kim), Crown Haitai (Jae-guen Kim, David Martinez, Jung-suk Lim), SK Rent-a-car (Dong-koong Kang, Eddy Leppens, Dinh Nai Ngo, Orie Hida), Huons (Semih Sayginer, Javier Palazon, Sung-won Choi) and SY (Dani Sánchez, Jieun Han, Anh Vu Duong).
Dani Sánchez
Semih Sayginer
The full teams with players:
- Welcome Savings Bank, Frédéric Caudron, Birol Uymaz, Ye-eun Kim, Im-gwon Kim, Sang-dae Lee, Hye-me Choi, Natsumi Higashiuchi
- Blue One Resort, Min-gu Kang, David Zapata, Can Capak, Han-sol Seo, Min-young Kim, Sruong Pheavy, Sang-pill Eom
- NH Nonghyup Card, Jae-ho Cho, Hyun-woo Kim, Minh Cam Ma, Min-a-Kim, Bo-mi Kim, Seong-uk Oh, Antonio Montes
- Hana Card, Jung-ju Shin, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, Ga-young Kim, Jin-ah Kim, Byeong-ho Kim, Murat Naci Coklu, Ayako Sakai
- Crownhaitai, Jae-guen Kim, David Martinez, Jung-suk Lim, Min-joo Baek, Tae-jun Oh, Tae-kwan Kim
- High 1 Resort,, Sung-kyun Yim, Mi-rae Lee, Hyun-ji Yong, Choong Bok Lee, Duc Anh Chien Nguyen, Phuong Linn Nguyen
- SK Rent-a-car, Dong-koong Kan, Keon-hwi Cho, Eddy Leppens, Dinh Nai Ngo, Ji-eun Kang, Orie Hida
- Huons, Bong-chul Kim, Javier Palazón, Se-yeon Kim, Sung-won Choi, Semih Sayginer, Ae-rin Jun
- SY, Yeong-hun Lee, Deuk-hee Hwang, Dani Sánchez, Ji-eun Han, Seul-gi Han, Anh Vu Duong, Won-kyung Lee.